By David Swanson | After Downing Street.org
The Center for Constitutional Rights has expressed concern that President Obama’s executive order banning torture may contain a loophole. But no president has any right to declare torture legal …

by David Swanson UFPJ Acountability and Prosecution Working Group Convener, AfterDowningStreet
To UFPJ Member Groups (and others)
There is a danger that George W. Bush will do something no …

Progressive Central Denver – Sunday August 24th 2008 Kick-Off Event

Experience a series of historic progressive events while you support PDA and our work on your issues. Until Midnight Monday, December 22, 2008, pre-order the $60 …

by Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com and David Swanson, Washington Director of Democrats.com
As George Bush prepares to leave office, he and his aides are trying desperately to rewrite history, especially on Iraq. Nearly six years …

by David Swanson PDA National Board, AfterDowningStreet.org | Huffington Post
The debate among progressive activists and commentators in recent weeks has tended to range from the leave-Obama-alone-and-he’ll-fix- everything position to the stage-a-protest- at-Obama’s-house-for-the-next-month position, including numerous …

by Mike Hersh, PDA Impeachment team
In an editorial entitled, Mr. Bush and the Pardon Power, the New York Times raised serious concerns about Bush’s expected use of pardons to block investigations: “With the Bush administration …

Harper’s Magazine & The Center on Law and Security at New York University invite you to: After Torture: A Harper’s Magazine Forum on justice in the post-Bush era
Thursday, December 4, 2008: 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Lipton Hall
New …

by Chris Baltimore and JoAnne Allen, Editing by Frances Kerry | Reuters
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday …